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Rivas M, Fox GE. On the Nature of the Last Common Ancestor: A Story from its Translation Machinery. J Mol Evol 2024:10.1007/s00239-024-10199-4. [PMID: 39259330 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-024-10199-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 08/22/2024] [Indexed: 09/13/2024]
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The Last Common Ancestor (LCA) is understood as a hypothetical population of organisms from which all extant living creatures are thought to have descended. Its biology and environment have been and continue to be the subject of discussions within the scientific community. Since the first bacterial genomes were obtained, multiple attempts to reconstruct the genetic content of the LCA have been made. In this review, we compare 10 of the most extensive reconstructions of the gene content possessed by the LCA as they relate to aspects of the translation machinery. Although each reconstruction has its own methodological biases and many disagree in the metabolic nature of the LCA all, to some extent, indicate that several components of the translation machinery are among the most conserved genetic elements. The datasets from each reconstruction clearly show that the LCA already had a largely complete translational system with a genetic code already in place and therefore was not a progenote. Among these features several ribosomal proteins, transcription factors like IF2, EF-G, and EF-Tu and both class I and class II aminoacyl tRNA synthetases were found in essentially all reconstructions. Due to the limitations of the various methodologies, some features such as the occurrence of rRNA posttranscriptional modified bases are not fully addressed. However, conserved as it is, non-universal ribosomal features found in various reconstructions indicate that LCA's translation machinery was still evolving, thereby acquiring the domain specific features in the process. Although progenotes from the pre-LCA likely no longer exist recent results obtained by unraveling the early history of the ribosome and other genetic processes can provide insight to the nature of the pre-LCA world.
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- Mario Rivas
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5001, USA.
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-5001, USA
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Li L, Rybak MY, Lin J, Gagnon MG. The ribosome termination complex remodels release factor RF3 and ejects GDP. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2024:10.1038/s41594-024-01360-0. [PMID: 39030416 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-024-01360-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/21/2024]
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Translation termination involves release factors RF1, RF2 and the GTPase RF3 that recycles RF1 and RF2 from the ribosome. RF3 dissociates from the ribosome in the GDP-bound form and must then exchange GDP for GTP. The 70S ribosome termination complex (70S-TC) accelerates GDP exchange in RF3, suggesting that the 70S-TC can function as the guanine nucleotide exchange factor for RF3. Here, we use cryogenic-electron microscopy to elucidate the mechanism of GDP dissociation from RF3 catalyzed by the Escherichia coli 70S-TC. The non-rotated ribosome bound to RF1 remodels RF3 and induces a peptide flip in the phosphate-binding loop, efficiently ejecting GDP. Binding of GTP allows RF3 to dock at the GTPase center, promoting the dissociation of RF1 from the ribosome. The structures recapitulate the functional cycle of RF3 on the ribosome and uncover the mechanism by which the 70S-TC allosterically dismantles the phosphate-binding groove in RF3, a previously overlooked function of the ribosome.
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- Li Li
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Center for mRNA Translational Research, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
- Center for mRNA Translational Research, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
- Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
- Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
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Chen Y, Gavriliuc M, Zeng Y, Xu S, Wang Y. Allosteric Effects of EF-G Domain I Mutations Inducing Ribosome Frameshifting Revealed by Multiplexed Force Spectroscopy. Chembiochem 2024:e202400130. [PMID: 38923096 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202400130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2024] [Revised: 06/25/2024] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Ribosome translocation catalyzed by elongation factor G (EF-G) is a critical step in protein synthesis where the ribosome typically moves along the mRNA by three nucleotides at each step. To investigate the mechanism of EF-G catalysis, it is essential to precisely resolve the ribosome motion at both ends of the mRNA, which, to our best knowledge, is only achieved with the magnetic-based force spectroscopy developed by our groups. Here, we introduce a novel multiplexed force spectroscopy technique that, for the first time, offers single-nucleotide resolution for multiple samples. This technique combines multiple acoustic force generators with the smallest atomic magnetometer designed for biological research. Utilizing this technique, we demonstrate that mutating EF-G at the GTP binding pocket results in the ribosome moving only two nucleotides on both ends of the mRNA, thereby compromising ribosome translocation. This finding suggests a direct link between GTP hydrolysis and ribosome translocation. Our results not only provide mechanistic insights into the role of GTP binding pocket but also illuminate how allosteric mutations can manipulate translocation. We anticipate broader applications of our technique in the ribosome field, leveraging its high efficiency and single-nucleotide resolution.
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- Yanjun Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA E-mails
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA E-mails
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA E-mails
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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González-López A, Larsson DSD, Koripella RK, Cain BN, Chavez MG, Hergenrother PJ, Sanyal S, Selmer M. Structures of the Staphylococcus aureus ribosome inhibited by fusidic acid and fusidic acid cyclopentane. Sci Rep 2024; 14:14253. [PMID: 38902339 PMCID: PMC11190147 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64868-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024] Open
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The antibiotic fusidic acid (FA) is used to treat Staphylococcus aureus infections. It inhibits protein synthesis by binding to elongation factor G (EF-G) and preventing its release from the ribosome after translocation. While FA, due to permeability issues, is only effective against gram-positive bacteria, the available structures of FA-inhibited complexes are from gram-negative model organisms. To fill this knowledge gap, we solved cryo-EM structures of the S. aureus ribosome in complex with mRNA, tRNA, EF-G and FA to 2.5 Å resolution and the corresponding complex structures with the recently developed FA derivative FA-cyclopentane (FA-CP) to 2.0 Å resolution. With both FA variants, the majority of the ribosomal particles are observed in chimeric state and only a minor population in post-translocational state. As expected, FA binds in a pocket between domains I, II and III of EF-G and the sarcin-ricin loop of 23S rRNA. FA-CP binds in an identical position, but its cyclopentane moiety provides additional contacts to EF-G and 23S rRNA, suggesting that its improved resistance profile towards mutations in EF-G is due to higher-affinity binding. These high-resolution structures reveal new details about the S. aureus ribosome, including confirmation of many rRNA modifications, and provide an optimal starting point for future structure-based drug discovery on an important clinical drug target.
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- Adrián González-López
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC, P.O. Box 596, 75124, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC, P.O. Box 596, 75124, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC, P.O. Box 596, 75124, Uppsala, Sweden
- Robert P. Apkarian Integrated Electron Microscopy Core, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC, P.O. Box 596, 75124, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, BMC, P.O. Box 596, 75124, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Fang N, Wu L, Duan S, Li J. The Structural and Molecular Mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Translational Elongation Factor Proteins. Molecules 2024; 29:2058. [PMID: 38731549 PMCID: PMC11085428 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29092058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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Targeting translation factor proteins holds promise for developing innovative anti-tuberculosis drugs. During protein translation, many factors cause ribosomes to stall at messenger RNA (mRNA). To maintain protein homeostasis, bacteria have evolved various ribosome rescue mechanisms, including the predominant trans-translation process, to release stalled ribosomes and remove aberrant mRNAs. The rescue systems require the participation of translation elongation factor proteins (EFs) and are essential for bacterial physiology and reproduction. However, they disappear during eukaryotic evolution, which makes the essential proteins and translation elongation factors promising antimicrobial drug targets. Here, we review the structural and molecular mechanisms of the translation elongation factors EF-Tu, EF-Ts, and EF-G, which play essential roles in the normal translation and ribosome rescue mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). We also briefly describe the structure-based, computer-assisted study of anti-tuberculosis drugs.
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- Ning Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China; (N.F.); (L.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China; (N.F.); (L.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China; (N.F.); (L.W.)
- College of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang 277160, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Industrial Microorganisms, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China; (N.F.); (L.W.)
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Johnson JL, Steele JH, Lin R, Stepanov VG, Gavriliuc MN, Wang Y. Multi-Channel smFRET study reveals a Compact conformation of EF-G on the Ribosome. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.27.577133. [PMID: 38328191 PMCID: PMC10849647 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.27.577133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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While elongation factor G (EF-G) is crucial for ribosome translocation, the role of its GTP hydrolysis remains ambiguous. EF-G's indispensability is further exemplified by the phosphorylation of human eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF2) at Thr56, which inhibits protein synthesis globally, but its exact mechanism is not clear. In this study, we developed a multi-channel single-molecule FRET (smFRET) microscopy methodology to examine the conformational changes of E. coli EF-G induced by mutations that closely aligned with eEF2's Thr56 residue. We utilized Alexa 488/594 double-labeled EF-G to catalyze the translocation of fMet-Phe-tRNAPhe-Cy3 inside Cy5-L27 labeled ribosomes, allowing us to probe both processes within the same complex. Our findings indicate that in the presence of either GTP or GDPCP, wild-type EF-G undergoes a conformational extension upon binding to the ribosome to promote normal translocation. On the other hand, T48E and T48V mutations did not affect GTP/GDP binding or GTP hydrolysis, but impeded Poly(Phe) synthesis and caused EF-G to adopt a unique compact conformation, which wasn't observed when the mutants interact solely with the sarcin/ricin loop. This study provides new insights into EF-G's adaptability and sheds light on the modification mechanism of human eEF2.
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- Jordan L Johnson
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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Zafar H, Hassan AH, Demo G. Translation machinery captured in motion. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. RNA 2023; 14:e1792. [PMID: 37132456 DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Translation accuracy is one of the most critical factors for protein synthesis. It is regulated by the ribosome and its dynamic behavior, along with translation factors that direct ribosome rearrangements to make translation a uniform process. Earlier structural studies of the ribosome complex with arrested translation factors laid the foundation for an understanding of ribosome dynamics and the translation process as such. Recent technological advances in time-resolved and ensemble cryo-EM have made it possible to study translation in real time at high resolution. These methods provided a detailed view of translation in bacteria for all three phases: initiation, elongation, and termination. In this review, we focus on translation factors (in some cases GTP activation) and their ability to monitor and respond to ribosome organization to enable efficient and accurate translation. This article is categorized under: Translation > Ribosome Structure/Function Translation > Mechanisms.
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- Hassan Zafar
- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Rivas M, Fox GE. Ancestry of RNA/RNA interaction regions within segmented ribosomes. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 29:1388-1399. [PMID: 37263782 PMCID: PMC10573304 DOI: 10.1261/rna.079654.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The ribosome is the universally conserved ribozyme that translates DNA coded instructions into proteins with the assistance of other RNA molecules, including transfer and messenger RNAs. Of particular interest is the segmentation phenomena, which is found in trypanosomatids and other protists. In these organisms, the large subunit ribosomal RNA is assembled from multiple smaller RNAs. This phenomenon posits several challenges to the folding and stabilization of such ribosomes to retain functionality and efficiency. In earlier studies, RNA/protein interactions were suggested to fully compensate for the fragmentation. Recently, several conserved RNA/RNA interaction regions were described in the cryo-EM structures of segmented ribosomes from trypanosomatids. These regions also seemed to aid in the folding and stabilization of such ribosomes, even before the ribosomal proteins start their association. In the present study, the existence of conserved RNA/RNA interaction regions shared between trypanosomatid and Euglena gracilis segmented ribosomes was confirmed, despite differences in segmentation patterns. Analysis of the crystallographic structures of unsegmented ribosomes from other Eukaryotes, Bacteria, and Archaea allowed us to estimate the relative age of highly conserved RNA/RNA interaction regions. These results strongly suggest that common interaction regions likely date far back into the ribosomes of the last common ancestor. Results also revealed that single hydrogen bonds are overwhelmingly facilitated by the 2'OH, a distinctive RNA feature. This supports the notion that RNA predates DNA and places some constraints on alternative nucleic acids proposals.
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- Mario Rivas
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5001, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5001, USA
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Poulis P, Peske F, Rodnina MV. The many faces of ribosome translocation along the mRNA: reading frame maintenance, ribosome frameshifting and translational bypassing. Biol Chem 2023; 404:755-767. [PMID: 37077160 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2023-0142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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In each round of translation elongation, the ribosome translocates along the mRNA by precisely one codon. Translocation is promoted by elongation factor G (EF-G) in bacteria (eEF2 in eukaryotes) and entails a number of precisely-timed large-scale structural rearrangements. As a rule, the movements of the ribosome, tRNAs, mRNA and EF-G are orchestrated to maintain the exact codon-wise step size. However, signals in the mRNA, as well as environmental cues, can change the timing and dynamics of the key rearrangements leading to recoding of the mRNA into production of trans-frame peptides from the same mRNA. In this review, we discuss recent advances on the mechanics of translocation and reading frame maintenance. Furthermore, we describe the mechanisms and biological relevance of non-canonical translocation pathways, such as hungry and programmed frameshifting and translational bypassing, and their link to disease and infection.
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- Panagiotis Poulis
- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Am Fassberg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Xing H, Taniguchi R, Khusainov I, Kreysing JP, Welsch S, Turoňová B, Beck M. Translation dynamics in human cells visualized at high resolution reveal cancer drug action. Science 2023; 381:70-75. [PMID: 37410833 DOI: 10.1126/science.adh1411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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Ribosomes catalyze protein synthesis by cycling through various functional states. These states have been extensively characterized in vitro, but their distribution in actively translating human cells remains elusive. We used a cryo-electron tomography-based approach and resolved ribosome structures inside human cells with high resolution. These structures revealed the distribution of functional states of the elongation cycle, a Z transfer RNA binding site, and the dynamics of ribosome expansion segments. Ribosome structures from cells treated with Homoharringtonine, a drug used against chronic myeloid leukemia, revealed how translation dynamics were altered in situ and resolve the small molecules within the active site of the ribosome. Thus, structural dynamics and drug effects can be assessed at high resolution within human cells.
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- Huaipeng Xing
- Department of Molecular Sociology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Faculty of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Sociology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Sociology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Sociology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Central Electron Microscopy Facility, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Sociology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Sociology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Golparian D, Jacobsson S, Holley CL, Shafer WM, Unemo M. High-level in vitro resistance to gentamicin acquired in a stepwise manner in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Antimicrob Chemother 2023; 78:1769-1778. [PMID: 37253051 PMCID: PMC10517096 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkad168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Gentamicin is used in several alternative treatments for gonorrhoea. Verified clinical Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with gentamicin resistance are mainly lacking and understanding the mechanisms for gonococcal gentamicin resistance is imperative. We selected gentamicin resistance in gonococci in vitro, identified the novel gentamicin-resistance mutations, and examined the biofitness of a high-level gentamicin-resistant mutant. METHODS Low- and high-level gentamicin resistance was selected in WHO X (gentamicin MIC = 4 mg/L) on gentamicin-gradient agar plates. Selected mutants were whole-genome sequenced. Potential gentamicin-resistance fusA mutations were transformed into WT strains to verify their impact on gentamicin MICs. The biofitness of high-level gentamicin-resistant mutants was examined using a competitive assay in a hollow-fibre infection model. RESULTS WHO X mutants with gentamicin MICs of up to 128 mg/L were selected. Primarily selected fusA mutations were further investigated, and fusAR635L and fusAM520I + R635L were particularly interesting. Different mutations in fusA and ubiM were found in low-level gentamicin-resistant mutants, while fusAM520I was associated with high-level gentamicin resistance. Protein structure predictions showed that fusAM520I is located in domain IV of the elongation factor-G (EF-G). The high-level gentamicin-resistant WHO X mutant was outcompeted by the gentamicin-susceptible WHO X parental strain, suggesting lower biofitness. CONCLUSIONS We describe the first high-level gentamicin-resistant gonococcal isolate (MIC = 128 mg/L), which was selected in vitro through experimental evolution. The most substantial increases of the gentamicin MICs were caused by mutations in fusA (G1560A and G1904T encoding EF-G M520I and R635L, respectively) and ubiM (D186N). The high-level gentamicin-resistant N. gonorrhoeae mutant showed impaired biofitness.
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- Daniel Golparian
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
- The Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Laboratories of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
- Institute for Global Health, University College London (UCL), London, UK
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Uchida N. Design of supramolecular nanosheets for drug delivery applications. Polym J 2023; 55:1-8. [PMID: 37359988 PMCID: PMC10169173 DOI: 10.1038/s41428-023-00788-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Two specific concepts have emerged in the field of materials science over the last several decades: nanosheets and supramolecular polymers. More recently, supramolecular nanosheets, in which these two concepts are integrated, have attracted particular attention, and they exhibit many fascinating characteristics. This review focuses on the design and applications of supramolecular nanosheets consisting of tubulin proteins and phospholipid membranes.
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- Noriyuki Uchida
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588 Japan
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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Wang Y. Ribozyme synthesis of both L- and D- amino acid oligos. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.04.28.538729. [PMID: 37162832 PMCID: PMC10168322 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.28.538729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The ribosome is responsible for assembling proteins using 20 naturally occurring L-handed amino acids. However, incorporating non-natural amino acids into a protein is a challenging process needs improvement. In this study, we report a new possible approach to creating nonnatural peptides using ribozymes inspired by the peptidyl transfer center. These RNA scaffolds, which are approximately 100 nucleotides in length, bind to RNase T1 truncated tRNA-like chimeras and bring them into close proximity to facilitate peptide ligation. We used single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (smFRET) to show close distances between RNA-RNA, tRNALys-tRNALys, and RNA-tRNALys pairs, which strongly suggests that the mechanism of peptide ligation is due to the proximity of the substrate through dimerization of the enzymes. Mass spectrometry analysis confirmed the detection of oligopeptides from four amino acids, including L-Lysine, D-Lysine, L-Phenylalanine, and D-Phenylalanine. These results indicate that ribozymes have greater flexibility in accommodating nonnatural amino acids. Our findings pave the way for potentially new avenues in the synthesis of nonnatural peptides, beyond the limitations of ribosomal peptide synthesis and other existing methods.
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- Yuhong Wang
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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Rivas M, Fox GE. How to build a protoribosome: structural insights from the first protoribosome constructs that have proven to be catalytically active. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 29:263-272. [PMID: 36604112 PMCID: PMC9945445 DOI: 10.1261/rna.079417.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
The modern ribosome catalyzes all coded protein synthesis in extant organisms. It is likely that its core structure is a direct descendant from the ribosome present in the last common ancestor (LCA). Hence, its earliest origins likely predate the LCA and therefore date further back in time. Of special interest is the pseudosymmetrical region (SymR) that lies deep within the large subunit (LSU) where the peptidyl transfer reaction takes place. It was previously proposed that two RNA oligomers, representing the P- and A-regions of extant ribosomes dimerized to create a pore-like structure, which hosted the necessary properties that facilitate peptide bond formation. However, recent experimental studies show that this may not be the case. Instead, several RNA constructs derived exclusively from the P-region were shown to form a homodimer capable of peptide bond synthesis. Of special interest will be the origin issues because the homodimer would have allowed a pre-LCA ribosome that was significantly smaller than previously proposed. For the A-region, the immediate issue will likely be its origin and whether it enhances ribosome performance. Here, we reanalyze the RNA/RNA interaction regions that most likely lead to SymR formation in light of these recent findings. Further, it has been suggested that the ability of these RNA constructs to dimerize and enhance peptide bond formation is sequence-dependent. We have analyzed the implications of sequence variations as parts of functional and nonfunctional constructs.
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- Mario Rivas
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5001, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5001, USA
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Hoffmann PC, Kreysing JP, Khusainov I, Tuijtel MW, Welsch S, Beck M. Structures of the eukaryotic ribosome and its translational states in situ. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7435. [PMID: 36460643 PMCID: PMC9718845 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34997-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Ribosomes translate genetic information into primary structure. During translation, various cofactors transiently bind to the ribosome that undergoes prominent conformational and structural changes. Different translational states of ribosomes have been well characterized in vitro. However, to which extent the known translational states are representative of the native situation inside cells has thus far only been addressed in prokaryotes. Here, we apply cryo-electron tomography to cryo-FIB milled Dictyostelium discoideum cells combined with subtomogram averaging and classification. We obtain an in situ structure that is locally resolved up to 3 Angstrom, the distribution of eukaryotic ribosome translational states, and unique arrangement of rRNA expansion segments. Our work demonstrates the use of in situ structural biology techniques for identifying distinct ribosome states within the cellular environment.
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- Patrick C Hoffmann
- Department of Molecular Sociology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Straße 3, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Sociology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Straße 3, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Department of Molecular Sociology, IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Straße 3, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Sociology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Straße 3, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Sociology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Straße 3, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Central Electron Microscopy Facility, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Straße 3, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Sociology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Straße 3, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Reconstitution of microtubule into GTP-responsive nanocapsules. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5424. [PMID: 36109556 PMCID: PMC9477877 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33156-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Nanocapsules that collapse in response to guanosine triphosphate (GTP) have the potential as drug carriers for efficiently curing diseases caused by cancer and RNA viruses because GTP is present at high levels in such diseased cells and tissues. However, known GTP-responsive carriers also respond to adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is abundant in normal cells as well. Here, we report the elaborate reconstitution of microtubule into a nanocapsule that selectively responds to GTP. When the tubulin monomer from microtubule is incubated at 37 °C with a mixture of GTP (17 mol%) and nonhydrolysable GTP* (83 mol%), a tubulin nanosheet forms. Upon addition of photoreactive molecular glue to the resulting dispersion, the nanosheet is transformed into a nanocapsule. Cell death results when a doxorubicin-containing nanocapsule, after photochemically crosslinked for properly stabilizing its shell, is taken up into cancer cells that overexpress GTP. GTP-triggered release from drug carriers has huge potential in cancer therapy but current carriers suffers from off target release due to ATP also acting as a trigger. Here, the authors report on the development of a microtubule capsule which is engineered to be responsive to only GTP not ATP and demonstrate targeted drug delivery.
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Nishima W, Girodat D, Holm M, Rundlet EJ, Alejo JL, Fischer K, Blanchard SC, Sanbonmatsu KY. Hyper-swivel head domain motions are required for complete mRNA-tRNA translocation and ribosome resetting. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:8302-8320. [PMID: 35808938 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Translocation of messenger RNA (mRNA) and transfer RNA (tRNA) substrates through the ribosome during protein synthesis, an exemplar of directional molecular movement in biology, entails a complex interplay of conformational, compositional, and chemical changes. The molecular determinants of early translocation steps have been investigated rigorously. However, the elements enabling the ribosome to complete translocation and reset for subsequent protein synthesis reactions remain poorly understood. Here, we have combined molecular simulations with single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer imaging to gain insights into the rate-limiting events of the translocation mechanism. We find that diffusive motions of the ribosomal small subunit head domain to hyper-swivelled positions, governed by universally conserved rRNA, can maneuver the mRNA and tRNAs to their fully translocated positions. Subsequent engagement of peptidyl-tRNA and disengagement of deacyl-tRNA from mRNA, within their respective small subunit binding sites, facilitate the ribosome resetting mechanism after translocation has occurred to enable protein synthesis to resume.
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- Wataru Nishima
- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
- New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
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- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
- New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
- Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
- New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
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Seely SM, Gagnon MG. Mechanisms of ribosome recycling in bacteria and mitochondria: a structural perspective. RNA Biol 2022; 19:662-677. [PMID: 35485608 PMCID: PMC9067457 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2022.2067712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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In all living cells, the ribosome translates the genetic information carried by messenger RNAs (mRNAs) into proteins. The process of ribosome recycling, a key step during protein synthesis that ensures ribosomal subunits remain available for new rounds of translation, has been largely overlooked. Despite being essential to the survival of the cell, several mechanistic aspects of ribosome recycling remain unclear. In eubacteria and mitochondria, recycling of the ribosome into subunits requires the concerted action of the ribosome recycling factor (RRF) and elongation factor G (EF-G). Recently, the conserved protein HflX was identified in bacteria as an alternative factor that recycles the ribosome under stress growth conditions. The homologue of HflX, the GTP-binding protein 6 (GTPBP6), has a dual role in mitochondrial translation by facilitating ribosome recycling and biogenesis. In this review, mechanisms of ribosome recycling in eubacteria and mitochondria are described based on structural studies of ribosome complexes.
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- Savannah M Seely
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1019, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1019, USA.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1019, USA.,Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1019, USA.,Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA
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Annealing synchronizes the 70 S ribosome into a minimum-energy conformation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:2111231119. [PMID: 35177473 PMCID: PMC8872765 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2111231119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Researchers commonly anneal metals, alloys, and semiconductors to repair defects and improve microstructures via recrystallization. Theoretical studies indicate that simulated annealing on biological macromolecules helps predict the final structures with minimum free energy. Experimental validation of this homogenizing effect and further exploration of its applications are fascinating scientific questions that remain elusive. Here, we chose the apo-state 70S ribosome from Escherichia coli as a model, wherein the 30S subunit undergoes a thermally driven intersubunit rotation and exhibits substantial structural flexibility as well as distinct free energy. We experimentally demonstrate that annealing at a fast cooling rate enhances the 70S ribosome homogeneity and improves local resolution on the 30S subunit. After annealing, the 70S ribosome is in a nonrotated state with respect to corresponding intermediate structures in unannealed or heated ribosomes. Manifold-based analysis further indicates that the annealed 70S ribosome takes a narrow conformational distribution and exhibits a minimum-energy state in the free-energy landscape. Our experimental results offer a facile yet robust approach to enhance protein stability, which is ideal for high-resolution cryogenic electron microscopy. Beyond structure determination, annealing shows great potential for synchronizing proteins on a single-molecule level and can be extended to study protein folding and explore conformational and energy landscapes.
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Accurate protein synthesis (translation) relies on translation factors that rectify ribosome fluctuations into a unidirectional process. Understanding this process requires structural characterization of the ribosome and translation-factor dynamics. In the 2000s, crystallographic studies determined high-resolution structures of ribosomes stalled with translation factors, providing a starting point for visualizing translation. Recent progress in single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) has enabled near-atomic resolution of numerous structures sampled in heterogeneous complexes (ensembles). Ensemble and time-resolved cryo-EM have now revealed unprecedented views of ribosome transitions in the three principal stages of translation: initiation, elongation, and termination. This review focuses on how translation factors help achieve high accuracy and efficiency of translation by monitoring distinct ribosome conformations and by differentially shifting the equilibria of ribosome rearrangements for cognate and near-cognate substrates. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Biochemistry, Volume 91 is June 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Andrei A Korostelev
- RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA;
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Nadler F, Lavdovskaia E, Richter-Dennerlein R. Maintaining mitochondrial ribosome function: The role of ribosome rescue and recycling factors. RNA Biol 2021; 19:117-131. [PMID: 34923906 PMCID: PMC8786322 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2021.2015561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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The universally conserved process of protein biosynthesis is crucial for maintaining cellular homoeostasis and in eukaryotes, mitochondrial translation is essential for aerobic energy production. Mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) are highly specialized to synthesize 13 core subunits of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) complexes. Although the mitochondrial translation machinery traces its origin from a bacterial ancestor, it has acquired substantial differences within this endosymbiotic environment. The cycle of mitoribosome function proceeds through the conserved canonical steps of initiation, elongation, termination and mitoribosome recycling. However, when mitoribosomes operate in the context of limited translation factors or on aberrant mRNAs, they can become stalled and activation of rescue mechanisms is required. This review summarizes recent advances in the understanding of protein biosynthesis in mitochondria, focusing especially on the mechanistic and physiological details of translation termination, and mitoribosome recycling and rescue.
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- Franziska Nadler
- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence "Multiscale Bioimaging: From Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells" (MBExC), University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany.,Cluster of Excellence "Multiscale Bioimaging: From Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells" (MBExC), University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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Jia B, Wang T, Lehmann J. Peptidyl transferase center decompaction and structural constraints during early protein elongation on the ribosome. Sci Rep 2021; 11:24061. [PMID: 34911999 PMCID: PMC8674327 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02985-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Peptide bond formation on the ribosome requires that aminoacyl-tRNAs and peptidyl-tRNAs are properly positioned on the A site and the P site of the peptidyl transferase center (PTC) so that nucleophilic attack can occur. Here we analyse some constraints associated with the induced-fit mechanism of the PTC, that promotes this positioning through a compaction around the aminoacyl ester orchestrated by U2506. The physical basis of PTC decompaction, that allows the elongated peptidyl-tRNA to free itself from that state and move to the P site of the PTC, is still unclear. From thermodynamics considerations and an analysis of published ribosome structures, the present work highlights the rational of this mechanism, in which the free-energy released by the new peptide bond is used to kick U2506 away from the reaction center. Furthermore, we show the evidence that decompaction is impaired when the nascent peptide is not yet anchored inside the exit tunnel, which may contribute to explain why the first rounds of elongation are inefficient, an issue that has attracted much interest for about two decades. Results in this field are examined in the light of the present analysis and a physico-chemical correlation in the genetic code, which suggest that elementary constraints associated with the size of the side-chain of the amino acids penalize early elongation events.
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- Bin Jia
- Department of Anesthesiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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- CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), University of Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Carbone CE, Loveland AB, Gamper HB, Hou YM, Demo G, Korostelev AA. Time-resolved cryo-EM visualizes ribosomal translocation with EF-G and GTP. Nat Commun 2021; 12:7236. [PMID: 34903725 PMCID: PMC8668904 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27415-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
During translation, a conserved GTPase elongation factor-EF-G in bacteria or eEF2 in eukaryotes-translocates tRNA and mRNA through the ribosome. EF-G has been proposed to act as a flexible motor that propels tRNA and mRNA movement, as a rigid pawl that biases unidirectional translocation resulting from ribosome rearrangements, or by various combinations of motor- and pawl-like mechanisms. Using time-resolved cryo-EM, we visualized GTP-catalyzed translocation without inhibitors, capturing elusive structures of ribosome•EF-G intermediates at near-atomic resolution. Prior to translocation, EF-G binds near peptidyl-tRNA, while the rotated 30S subunit stabilizes the EF-G GTPase center. Reverse 30S rotation releases Pi and translocates peptidyl-tRNA and EF-G by ~20 Å. An additional 4-Å translocation initiates EF-G dissociation from a transient ribosome state with highly swiveled 30S head. The structures visualize how nearly rigid EF-G rectifies inherent and spontaneous ribosomal dynamics into tRNA-mRNA translocation, whereas GTP hydrolysis and Pi release drive EF-G dissociation.
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno, 625 00, Czech Republic.
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Structural and molecular basis for Cardiovirus 2A protein as a viral gene expression switch. Nat Commun 2021; 12:7166. [PMID: 34887415 PMCID: PMC8660796 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27400-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Programmed –1 ribosomal frameshifting (PRF) in cardioviruses is activated by the 2A protein, a multi-functional virulence factor that also inhibits cap-dependent translational initiation. Here we present the X-ray crystal structure of 2A and show that it selectively binds to a pseudoknot-like conformation of the PRF stimulatory RNA element in the viral genome. Using optical tweezers, we demonstrate that 2A stabilises this RNA element, likely explaining the increase in PRF efficiency in the presence of 2A. Next, we demonstrate a strong interaction between 2A and the small ribosomal subunit and present a cryo-EM structure of 2A bound to initiated 70S ribosomes. Multiple copies of 2A bind to the 16S rRNA where they may compete for binding with initiation and elongation factors. Together, these results define the structural basis for RNA recognition by 2A, show how 2A-mediated stabilisation of an RNA pseudoknot promotes PRF, and reveal how 2A accumulation may shut down translation during virus infection. Many RNA viruses employ programmed –1 ribosomal frameshifting (PRF) to expand their coding capacity and optimize production of viral proteins. Here, the authors report structural and biophysical analysis of protein 2A from a cardiovirus, with insights into the mechanism of its PRF-stimulatory function.
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Petrychenko V, Peng BZ, de A P Schwarzer AC, Peske F, Rodnina MV, Fischer N. Structural mechanism of GTPase-powered ribosome-tRNA movement. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5933. [PMID: 34635670 PMCID: PMC8505512 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26133-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
GTPases are regulators of cell signaling acting as molecular switches. The translational GTPase EF-G stands out, as it uses GTP hydrolysis to generate force and promote the movement of the ribosome along the mRNA. The key unresolved question is how GTP hydrolysis drives molecular movement. Here, we visualize the GTPase-powered step of ongoing translocation by time-resolved cryo-EM. EF-G in the active GDP-Pi form stabilizes the rotated conformation of ribosomal subunits and induces twisting of the sarcin-ricin loop of the 23 S rRNA. Refolding of the GTPase switch regions upon Pi release initiates a large-scale rigid-body rotation of EF-G pivoting around the sarcin-ricin loop that facilitates back rotation of the ribosomal subunits and forward swiveling of the head domain of the small subunit, ultimately driving tRNA forward movement. The findings demonstrate how a GTPase orchestrates spontaneous thermal fluctuations of a large RNA-protein complex into force-generating molecular movement.
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MESH Headings
- Binding Sites
- Biomechanical Phenomena
- Cryoelectron Microscopy
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Guanosine Triphosphate/chemistry
- Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism
- Hydrolysis
- Kinetics
- Models, Molecular
- Peptide Elongation Factor G/chemistry
- Peptide Elongation Factor G/genetics
- Peptide Elongation Factor G/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Protein Biosynthesis
- Protein Conformation, alpha-Helical
- Protein Conformation, beta-Strand
- Protein Folding
- Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
- RNA, Messenger/chemistry
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer/genetics
- RNA, Transfer/metabolism
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Ribosomes/ultrastructure
- Thermodynamics
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- Valentyn Petrychenko
- Department of Structural Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Structural Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
- Department of Molecular Biology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Department of Structural Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
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Xu D, Wang Y. smFRET study of rRNA dimerization at the peptidyl transfer center. Biophys Chem 2021; 277:106657. [PMID: 34303893 PMCID: PMC8380723 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2021.106657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The ribosome is a ribozyme. At the peptidyl transfer center (PTC) of 180 nt, two loops (the A- and P- loops) bind to tRNAs and position them in close proximity for efficient peptidyl ligation. There is also a 2-fold rotational symmetry in the PTC, which suggests that the precursor of the modern ribosome possibly emerged through dimerization and gene fusion. However, experiments that demonstrate the possible dimerization have not yet been published. In our investigation, we reported single molecule FRET studies of two RNA fragments that generated high FRET values. By dye-labeling the 5'-biotinylated rRNA molecules at the 3'- terminals, or labeling three different types of tRNA-like oligos, we observed that RNA scaffolds can assemble and bring several short tRNA-acceptor-domain analogs, but not full-length tRNAs, to close proximity. Mg2+ and continuous 3-way junction motifs are essential to this process, but amino acid charging to the tRNA analogs is not required. We observed RNA dimers via native gel-shifting experiments. These experiments support the possible existence of a proto-ribosome in the form of an RNA dimer or multimer.
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- Doris Xu
- Bioengineering Department, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Biology and Biochemistry Department, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA.
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Paleskava A, Maksimova EM, Vinogradova DS, Kasatsky PS, Kirillov SV, Konevega AL. Differential Contribution of Protein Factors and 70S Ribosome to Elongation. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:9614. [PMID: 34502523 PMCID: PMC8431766 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The growth of the polypeptide chain occurs due to the fast and coordinated work of the ribosome and protein elongation factors, EF-Tu and EF-G. However, the exact contribution of each of these components in the overall balance of translation kinetics remains not fully understood. We created an in vitro translation system Escherichia coli replacing either elongation factor with heterologous thermophilic protein from Thermus thermophilus. The rates of the A-site binding and decoding reactions decreased an order of magnitude in the presence of thermophilic EF-Tu, indicating that the kinetics of aminoacyl-tRNA delivery depends on the properties of the elongation factor. On the contrary, thermophilic EF-G demonstrated the same translocation kinetics as a mesophilic protein. Effects of translocation inhibitors (spectinomycin, hygromycin B, viomycin and streptomycin) were also similar for both proteins. Thus, the process of translocation largely relies on the interaction of tRNAs and the ribosome and can be efficiently catalysed by thermophilic EF-G even at suboptimal temperatures.
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- Alena Paleskava
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, 188300 Gatchina, Russia; (A.P.); (E.M.M.); (D.S.V.); (P.S.K.); (S.V.K.)
- Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, 188300 Gatchina, Russia; (A.P.); (E.M.M.); (D.S.V.); (P.S.K.); (S.V.K.)
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, 188300 Gatchina, Russia; (A.P.); (E.M.M.); (D.S.V.); (P.S.K.); (S.V.K.)
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, 188300 Gatchina, Russia; (A.P.); (E.M.M.); (D.S.V.); (P.S.K.); (S.V.K.)
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, 188300 Gatchina, Russia; (A.P.); (E.M.M.); (D.S.V.); (P.S.K.); (S.V.K.)
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, 188300 Gatchina, Russia; (A.P.); (E.M.M.); (D.S.V.); (P.S.K.); (S.V.K.)
- Institute of Biomedical Systems and Biotechnology, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia
- NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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Paleskava A, Kaiumov MY, Kirillov SV, Konevega AL. Peculiarities in Activation of Hydrolytic Activity of Elongation Factors. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2021; 85:1422-1433. [PMID: 33280582 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297920110103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Translational GTPases (trGTPases) belong to the family of G proteins and play key roles at all stages of protein biosynthesis on the ribosome. Unidirectional and cyclic functioning of G proteins is ensured by their ability to switch between the active and inactive states due to GTP hydrolysis accelerated by the auxiliary GTPase-activating proteins. Although trGTPases interact with the ribosomes in different conformational states, they bind to the same conserved region, which, unlike in classical GTPase-activating proteins, is represented by ribosomal RNA. The resulting catalytic sites have almost identical structure in all elongation factors suggesting a common mechanism of GTP hydrolysis. However, fine details of the activated state formation and significantly different rates of GTP hydrolysis indicate the existence of distinctive features upon GTP hydrolysis catalyzed by the different factors. Here, we present a contemporary view on the mechanism of GTPase activation and GTP hydrolysis by the elongation factors EF-Tu, EF-G, and SelB based on the analysis of structural, biochemical, and bioinformatics data.
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- A Paleskava
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Gatchina, Leningrad Region, 188300, Russia
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Gatchina, Leningrad Region, 188300, Russia
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Gatchina, Leningrad Region, 188300, Russia
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- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of NRC "Kurchatov Institute", Gatchina, Leningrad Region, 188300, Russia.
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Maciuba K, Rajasekaran N, Chen X, Kaiser CM. Co-translational folding of nascent polypeptides: Multi-layered mechanisms for the efficient biogenesis of functional proteins. Bioessays 2021; 43:e2100042. [PMID: 33987870 PMCID: PMC8262109 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202100042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The coupling of protein synthesis and folding is a crucial yet poorly understood aspect of cellular protein folding. Over the past few years, it has become possible to experimentally follow and define protein folding on the ribosome, revealing principles that shape co-translational folding and distinguish it from refolding in solution. Here, we highlight some of these recent findings from biochemical and biophysical studies and their potential significance for cellular protein biogenesis. In particular, we focus on nascent chain interactions with the ribosome, interactions within the nascent protein, modulation of translation elongation rates, and the role of mechanical force that accompanies nascent protein folding. The ability to obtain mechanistic insight in molecular detail has set the stage for exploring the intricate process of nascent protein folding. We believe that the aspects discussed here will be generally important for understanding how protein synthesis and folding are coupled and regulated.
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- Kevin Maciuba
- CMDB Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- CMDB Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Department of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Jana S, Datta PP. In silico analysis of bacterial translation factors reveal distinct translation event specific pI values. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:220. [PMID: 33781198 PMCID: PMC8008671 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07472-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Protein synthesis is a cellular process that takes place through the successive translation events within the ribosome by the event-specific protein factors, namely, initiation, elongation, release, and recycling factors. In this regard, we asked the question about how similar are those translation factors to each other from a wide variety of bacteria? Hence, we did a thorough in silico study of the translation factors from 495 bacterial sp., and 4262 amino acid sequences by theoretically measuring their pI and MW values that are two determining factors for distinguishing individual proteins in 2D gel electrophoresis in experimental procedures. Then we analyzed the output from various angles. Results Our study revealed the fact that it’s not all same, or all random, but there are distinct orders and the pI values of translation factors are translation event specific. We found that the translation initiation factors are mainly basic, whereas, elongation and release factors that interact with the inter-subunit space of the intact 70S ribosome during translation are strictly acidic across bacterial sp. These acidic elongation factors and release factors contain higher frequencies of glutamic acids. However, among all the translation factors, the translation initiation factor 2 (IF2) and ribosome recycling factor (RRF) showed variable pI values that are linked to the order of phylogeny. Conclusions From the results of our study, we conclude that among all the bacterial translation factors, elongation and release factors are more conserved in terms of their pI values in comparison to initiation and recycling factors. Acidic properties of these factors are independent of habitat, nature, and phylogeny of the bacterial species. Furthermore, irrespective of the different shapes, sizes, and functions of the elongation and release factors, possession of the strictly acidic pI values of these translation factors all over the domain Bacteria indicates that the acidic nature of these factors is a necessary criterion, perhaps to interact into the partially enclosed rRNA rich inter-subunit space of the translating 70S ribosome. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-021-07472-x.
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- Soma Jana
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, WB, PIN 741246, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, WB, PIN 741246, India.
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Makarov GI, Reshetnikova RV. Investigation of radezolid interaction with non-canonical chloramphenicol binding site by molecular dynamics simulations. J Mol Graph Model 2021; 105:107902. [PMID: 33798835 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2021.107902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Radezolid is a promising antibiotic of oxazolidinone family, which is able to overcome effect of some linezolid resistance mechanisms of bacterial ribosomes. The structure of the radezolid complex with ribosomes was never published but, by analogy with linezolid, it is considered to prevent the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the A-site of the ribosome large subunit. However, as with linezolid, it can be assumed that radezolid binds to the alternative binding site existing in the A,A/P,P-ribosome. In the present article we have investigated this issue by molecular dynamics simulations and proposed the structure of the radezolid complex with a E. coli ribosome, which is consistent with available data of biochemical investigations of radezolid action.
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- G I Makarov
- South Ural State University, 454080, Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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Direct visualization of translational GTPase factor pool formed around the archaeal ribosomal P-stalk by high-speed AFM. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:32386-32394. [PMID: 33288716 PMCID: PMC7768734 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2018975117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Translation of genetic information by the ribosome is a core biological process in all organisms. The ribosomal stalk is a multimeric ribosomal protein complex which plays an essential role in translation elongation. However, the working mechanism of the ribosomal stalk still remains unclear. In this study, we applied HS-AFM to investigate the working mechanism of the archaeal ribosomal P-stalk. HS-AFM movies demonstrate that the P-stalk collects two translational GTPase factors (trGTPases), aEF1A and aEF2, and increases their local concentration near the ribosome. These direct visual evidences show that the multiple arms of the ribosomal P-stalk catch the trGTPases for efficient protein synthesis in the crowded intracellular environment. In translation elongation, two translational guanosine triphosphatase (trGTPase) factors EF1A and EF2 alternately bind to the ribosome and promote polypeptide elongation. The ribosomal stalk is a multimeric ribosomal protein complex which plays an essential role in the recruitment of EF1A and EF2 to the ribosome and their GTP hydrolysis for efficient and accurate translation elongation. However, due to the flexible nature of the ribosomal stalk, its structural dynamics and mechanism of action remain unclear. Here, we applied high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) to directly visualize the action of the archaeal ribosomal heptameric stalk complex, aP0•(aP1•aP1)3 (P-stalk). HS-AFM movies clearly demonstrated the wobbling motion of the P-stalk on the large ribosomal subunit where the stalk base adopted two conformational states, a predicted canonical state, and a newly identified flipped state. Moreover, we showed that up to seven molecules of archaeal EF1A (aEF1A) and archaeal EF2 (aEF2) assembled around the ribosomal P-stalk, corresponding to the copy number of the common C-terminal factor-binding site of the P-stalk. These results provide visual evidence for the factor-pooling mechanism by the P-stalk within the ribosome and reveal that the ribosomal P-stalk promotes translation elongation by increasing the local concentration of translational GTPase factors.
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Zhang Y, Cao Z, Zhang JZ, Xia F. Double-Well Ultra-Coarse-Grained Model to Describe Protein Conformational Transitions. J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:6678-6689. [PMID: 32926616 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The double-well model is usually used to describe the conformational transition between two states of a protein. Since conformational changes usually occur within a relatively large time scale, coarse-grained models are often used to accelerate the dynamic process due to their inexpensive computational cost. In this work, we develop a double-well ultra-coarse-grained (DW-UCG) model to describe the conformational transitions of the adenylate kinase, glutamine-binding protein, and lactoferrin. The coarse-grained simulation results show that the DW-UCG model of adenylate kinase captures the crucial intermediate states in the LID-closing and NMP-closing pathways, reflecting the key secondary structural changes in the conformational transition. A comparison of the different DW-UCG models of adenylate kinase indicates that an appropriate choice of bead resolution could generate the free energy landscape that is comparable to that from the residue-based model. The coarse-grained simulations for the glutamine-binding protein and lactoferrin also demonstrate that the DW-UCG model is valid in reproducing the correct two-state behavior for their functional study, which indicates the potential application of the DW-UCG model in investigating the mechanism of conformational changes of large proteins.
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- Yuwei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemistry Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.,School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemistry Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.,Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai 200062, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.,Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, NYU-ECNU Center for Computational Chemistry at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai 200062, China
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Maunders EA, Triniman RC, Western J, Rahman T, Welch M. Global reprogramming of virulence and antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by a single nucleotide polymorphism in elongation factor, fusA1. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:16411-16426. [PMID: 32943550 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.012102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Clinical isolates of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) frequently contain mutations in the gene encoding an elongation factor, FusA1. Recent work has shown that fusA1 mutants often display elevated aminoglycoside resistance due to increased expression of the efflux pump, MexXY. However, we wondered whether these mutants might also be affected in other virulence-associated phenotypes. Here, we isolated a spontaneous gentamicin-resistant fusA1 mutant (FusA1P443L) in which mexXY expression was increased. Proteomic and transcriptomic analyses revealed that the fusA1 mutant also exhibited discrete changes in the expression of key pathogenicity-associated genes. Most notably, the fusA1 mutant displayed greatly increased expression of the Type III secretion system (T3SS), widely considered to be the most potent virulence factor in the P. aeruginosa arsenal, and also elevated expression of the Type VI (T6) secretion machinery. This was unexpected because expression of the T3SS is usually reciprocally coordinated with T6 secretion system expression. The fusA1 mutant also displayed elevated exopolysaccharide production, dysregulated siderophore production, elevated ribosome synthesis, and transcriptomic signatures indicative of translational stress. Each of these phenotypes (and almost all of the transcriptomic and proteomic changes associated with the fusA1 mutation) were restored to levels comparable with that in the progenitor strain by expression of the WT fusA1 gene in trans, indicating that the mutant gene is recessive. Our data show that in addition to elevating antibiotic resistance through mexXY expression (and also additional contributory resistance mechanisms), mutations in fusA1 can lead to highly selective dysregulation of virulence gene expression.
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- Eve A Maunders
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Rodnina MV, Peske F, Peng BZ, Belardinelli R, Wintermeyer W. Converting GTP hydrolysis into motion: versatile translational elongation factor G. Biol Chem 2020; 401:131-142. [PMID: 31600135 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2019-0313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Elongation factor G (EF-G) is a translational GTPase that acts at several stages of protein synthesis. Its canonical function is to catalyze tRNA movement during translation elongation, but it also acts at the last step of translation to promote ribosome recycling. Moreover, EF-G has additional functions, such as helping the ribosome to maintain the mRNA reading frame or to slide over non-coding stretches of the mRNA. EF-G has an unconventional GTPase cycle that couples the energy of GTP hydrolysis to movement. EF-G facilitates movement in the GDP-Pi form. To convert the energy of hydrolysis to movement, it requires various ligands in the A site, such as a tRNA in translocation, an mRNA secondary structure element in ribosome sliding, or ribosome recycling factor in post-termination complex disassembly. The ligand defines the direction and timing of EF-G-facilitated motion. In this review, we summarize recent advances in understanding the mechanism of EF-G action as a remarkable force-generating GTPase.
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- Marina V Rodnina
- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Kummer E, Ban N. Structural insights into mammalian mitochondrial translation elongation catalyzed by mtEFG1. EMBO J 2020; 39:e104820. [PMID: 32602580 PMCID: PMC7396830 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020104820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Mitochondria are eukaryotic organelles of bacterial origin where respiration takes place to produce cellular chemical energy. These reactions are catalyzed by the respiratory chain complexes located in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Notably, key components of the respiratory chain complexes are encoded on the mitochondrial chromosome and their expression relies on a dedicated mitochondrial translation machinery. Defects in the mitochondrial gene expression machinery lead to a variety of diseases in humans mostly affecting tissues with high energy demand such as the nervous system, the heart, or the muscles. The mitochondrial translation system has substantially diverged from its bacterial ancestor, including alterations in the mitoribosomal architecture, multiple changes to the set of translation factors and striking reductions in otherwise conserved tRNA elements. Although a number of structures of mitochondrial ribosomes from different species have been determined, our mechanistic understanding of the mitochondrial translation cycle remains largely unexplored. Here, we present two cryo-EM reconstructions of human mitochondrial elongation factor G1 bound to the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome at two different steps of the tRNA translocation reaction during translation elongation. Our structures explain the mechanism of tRNA and mRNA translocation on the mitoribosome, the regulation of mtEFG1 activity by the ribosomal GTPase-associated center, and the basis of decreased susceptibility of mtEFG1 to the commonly used antibiotic fusidic acid.
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- Eva Kummer
- Department of BiologyInstitute of Molecular Biology and BiophysicsSwiss Federal Institute of Technology ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of BiologyInstitute of Molecular Biology and BiophysicsSwiss Federal Institute of Technology ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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Jia J, Ganichkin OM, Preußner M, Absmeier E, Alings C, Loll B, Heyd F, Wahl MC. A Snu114-GTP-Prp8 module forms a relay station for efficient splicing in yeast. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:4572-4584. [PMID: 32196113 PMCID: PMC7192624 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The single G protein of the spliceosome, Snu114, has been proposed to facilitate splicing as a molecular motor or as a regulatory G protein. However, available structures of spliceosomal complexes show Snu114 in the same GTP-bound state, and presently no Snu114 GTPase-regulatory protein is known. We determined a crystal structure of Snu114 with a Snu114-binding region of the Prp8 protein, in which Snu114 again adopts the same GTP-bound conformation seen in spliceosomes. Snu114 and the Snu114–Prp8 complex co-purified with endogenous GTP. Snu114 exhibited weak, intrinsic GTPase activity that was abolished by the Prp8 Snu114-binding region. Exchange of GTP-contacting residues in Snu114, or of Prp8 residues lining the Snu114 GTP-binding pocket, led to temperature-sensitive yeast growth and affected the same set of splicing events in vivo. Consistent with dynamic Snu114-mediated protein interactions during splicing, our results suggest that the Snu114–GTP–Prp8 module serves as a relay station during spliceosome activation and disassembly, but that GTPase activity may be dispensable for splicing.
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- Junqiao Jia
- Freie Universität Berlin, Laboratory of Structural Biochemistry, Takustraβe 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Laboratory of Structural Biochemistry, Takustraβe 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Laboratory of RNA Biochemistry, Takustraβe 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Laboratory of Structural Biochemistry, Takustraβe 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Laboratory of Structural Biochemistry, Takustraβe 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Laboratory of Structural Biochemistry, Takustraβe 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Laboratory of RNA Biochemistry, Takustraβe 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Laboratory of Structural Biochemistry, Takustraβe 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.,Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Macromolecular Crystallography, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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Synthesis, antifungal activity and potential mechanism of fusidic acid derivatives possessing amino-terminal groups. Future Med Chem 2020; 12:763-774. [PMID: 32208979 DOI: 10.4155/fmc-2019-0289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Aim: Fusidic acid (FA) is a narrow-spectrum bacteriostatic antibiotic. We inadvertently discovered that a FA derivative modified by an amino-terminal group at the 3-OH position, namely 2, inhibited the growth of Cryptococcus neoformans. Methods & results: Multiscale molecular modeling approaches were used to analyze the binding modes of 2 with eEF2. FA derivatives modified at the 3-OH position were designed based on in silico models; seven derivatives possessing different amino-terminal groups were synthesized and tested in vitro for antifungal activity against C. neoformans. Conclusion: Compound 7 had the strongest minimum inhibitory concentration. Two protonated nitrogen atoms of 7 interacted with a negative electrostatic pocket of eEF2 likely explain the superiority of 7-2.
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Fenwick MK, Ealick SE. Structural basis of elongation factor 2 switching. Curr Res Struct Biol 2020; 2:25-34. [PMID: 34235467 PMCID: PMC8244253 DOI: 10.1016/j.crstbi.2020.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Archaebacterial and eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (EF-2) and bacterial elongation factor G (EF-G) are five domain GTPases that catalyze the ribosomal translocation of tRNA and mRNA. In the classical mechanism of activation, GTPases are switched on through GDP/GTP exchange, which is accompanied by the ordering of two flexible segments called switch I and II. However, crystal structures of EF-2 and EF-G have thus far not revealed the conformations required by the classical mechanism. Here, we describe crystal structures of Methanoperedens nitroreducens EF-2 (MnEF-2) and MnEF-2-H595N bound to GMPPCP (GppCp) and magnesium displaying previously unreported compact conformations. Domain III forms interfaces with the other four domains and the overall conformations resemble that of SNU114, the eukaryotic spliceosomal GTPase. The gamma phosphate of GMPPCP is detected through interactions with switch I and a P-loop structural element. Switch II is highly ordered whereas switch I shows a variable degree of ordering. The ordered state results in a tight interdomain arrangement of domains I-III and the formation of a portion of a predicted monovalent cation site involving the P-loop and switch I. The side chain of an essential histidine residue in switch II is placed in the inactive conformation observed for the “on” state of elongation factor EF-Tu. The compact conformations of MnEF-2 and MnEF-2-H595N suggest an “on” ribosome-free conformational state. Crystal structures of ribosome-free elongation factor 2 (EF-2) bound to GTP analog and magnesium. Compact conformation and P-loop, switch I, and switch II structures suggest “on” state. Arrangement of domains I-III similar to that of ribosome-bound EF-2/EF-G complexed with GTP analog. Switch II histidine shows inactive conformation observed for “on” state of ribosome-free EF-Tu.
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- Michael K Fenwick
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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Structural basis for ribosome recycling by RRF and tRNA. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2019; 27:25-32. [PMID: 31873307 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-019-0350-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The bacterial ribosome is recycled into subunits by two conserved proteins, elongation factor G (EF-G) and the ribosome recycling factor (RRF). The molecular basis for ribosome recycling by RRF and EF-G remains unclear. Here, we report the crystal structure of a posttermination Thermus thermophilus 70S ribosome complexed with EF-G, RRF and two transfer RNAs at a resolution of 3.5 Å. The deacylated tRNA in the peptidyl (P) site moves into a previously unsuspected state of binding (peptidyl/recycling, p/R) that is analogous to that seen during initiation. The terminal end of the p/R-tRNA forms nonfavorable contacts with the 50S subunit while RRF wedges next to central inter-subunit bridges, illuminating the active roles of tRNA and RRF in dissociation of ribosomal subunits. The structure uncovers a missing snapshot of tRNA as it transits between the P and exit (E) sites, providing insights into the mechanisms of ribosome recycling and tRNA translocation.
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A noncanonical binding site of linezolid revealed via molecular dynamics simulations. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2019; 34:281-291. [DOI: 10.1007/s10822-019-00269-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Large proteins composed of multiple domains are abundant in all proteomes, but their folding and structural dynamics remain poorly understood. Using single-molecule force spectroscopy, we have defined how stabilizing interfaces among the domains of elongation factor G (EF-G) shape its folding pathway. Contrary to the expectation that multidomain proteins fold sequentially as they emerge from the ribosome, we find that folding cannot be completed until the full protein has been synthesized. This posttranslational folding mechanism results in a propensity for misfolding. It is dictated by an energetic coupling among domains that enables conformational flexibility crucial for EF-G function. EF-G thus provides an example of how distinct biological ends—robust folding and functionally important flexibility—come into conflict during protein biogenesis. Large proteins with multiple domains are thought to fold cotranslationally to minimize interdomain misfolding. Once folded, domains interact with each other through the formation of extensive interfaces that are important for protein stability and function. However, multidomain protein folding and the energetics of domain interactions remain poorly understood. In elongation factor G (EF-G), a highly conserved protein composed of 5 domains, the 2 N-terminal domains form a stably structured unit cotranslationally. Using single-molecule optical tweezers, we have defined the steps leading to fully folded EF-G. We find that the central domain III of EF-G is highly dynamic and does not fold upon emerging from the ribosome. Surprisingly, a large interface with the N-terminal domains does not contribute to the stability of domain III. Instead, it requires interactions with its folded C-terminal neighbors to be stably structured. Because of the directionality of protein synthesis, this energetic dependency of domain III on its C-terminal neighbors disrupts cotranslational folding and imposes a posttranslational mechanism on the folding of the C-terminal part of EF-G. As a consequence, unfolded domains accumulate during synthesis, leading to the extensive population of misfolded species that interfere with productive folding. Domain III flexibility enables large-scale conformational transitions that are part of the EF-G functional cycle during ribosome translocation. Our results suggest that energetic tuning of domain stabilities, which is likely crucial for EF-G function, complicates the folding of this large multidomain protein.
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Yin H, Gavriliuc M, Lin R, Xu S, Wang Y. Modulation and Visualization of EF-G Power Stroke During Ribosomal Translocation. Chembiochem 2019; 20:2927-2935. [PMID: 31194278 PMCID: PMC6888950 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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During ribosome translocation, the elongation factor EF‐G undergoes large conformational change while maintaining its contact with the moving tRNA. We previously measured a power stroke accompanying EF‐G catalysis, which was consistent with structural studies. However, the role of power stroke in translocation fidelity remains unclear. Here, we report quantitative measurements of the power strokes of structurally modified EF‐Gs by using two different techniques and reveal the correlation between power stroke and translocation efficiency and fidelity. We discovered that the reduced power stroke only lowered the percentage of translocation but did not introduce translocation error. The established force ‐structure–function correlation for EF‐G indicates that power stroke drives ribosomal translocation, but the mRNA reading frame is probably maintained by ribosome itself. Furthermore, the microscope detection method reported here can be simply implemented for other biochemical applications.
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- Heng Yin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204, USA
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The large ribosomal subunit has a distinct feature, the stalk, extending outside the ribosome. In bacteria it is called the L12 stalk. The base of the stalk is protein uL10 to which two or three dimers of proteins bL12 bind. In archea and eukarya P1 and P2 proteins constitute the stalk. All these extending proteins, that have a high degree of flexibility due to a hinge between their N- and C-terminal parts, are essential for proper functionalization of some of the translation factors. The role of the stalk proteins has remained enigmatic for decades but is gradually approaching an understanding. In this review we summarise the knowhow about the structure and function of the ribosomal stalk till date starting from the early phase of ribosome research.
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Macé K, Giudice E, Chat S, Gillet R. The structure of an elongation factor G-ribosome complex captured in the absence of inhibitors. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:3211-3217. [PMID: 29408956 PMCID: PMC5887593 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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During translation’s elongation cycle, elongation factor G (EF-G) promotes messenger and transfer RNA translocation through the ribosome. Until now, the structures reported for EF-G–ribosome complexes have been obtained by trapping EF-G in the ribosome. These results were based on use of non-hydrolyzable guanosine 5′-triphosphate (GTP) analogs, specific inhibitors or a mutated EF-G form. Here, we present the first cryo-electron microscopy structure of EF-G bound to ribosome in the absence of an inhibitor. The structure reveals a natural conformation of EF-G·GDP in the ribosome, with a previously unseen conformation of its third domain. These data show how EF-G must affect translocation, and suggest the molecular mechanism by which fusidic acid antibiotic prevents the release of EF-G after GTP hydrolysis.
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- Kevin Macé
- Univ. Rennes, CNRS, Institut de Génétique et de Développement de Rennes (IGDR), UMR6290, F35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ. Rennes, CNRS, Institut de Génétique et de Développement de Rennes (IGDR), UMR6290, F35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ. Rennes, CNRS, Institut de Génétique et de Développement de Rennes (IGDR), UMR6290, F35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ. Rennes, CNRS, Institut de Génétique et de Développement de Rennes (IGDR), UMR6290, F35000 Rennes, France
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Johansen JS, Kavaliauskas D, Pfeil SH, Blaise M, Cooperman BS, Goldman YE, Thirup SS, Knudsen CR. E. coli elongation factor Tu bound to a GTP analogue displays an open conformation equivalent to the GDP-bound form. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:8641-8650. [PMID: 30107565 PMCID: PMC6144822 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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According to the traditional view, GTPases act as molecular switches, which cycle between distinct ‘on’ and ‘off’ conformations bound to GTP and GDP, respectively. Translation elongation factor EF-Tu is a GTPase essential for prokaryotic protein synthesis. In its GTP-bound form, EF-Tu delivers aminoacylated tRNAs to the ribosome as a ternary complex. GTP hydrolysis is thought to cause the release of EF-Tu from aminoacyl-tRNA and the ribosome due to a dramatic conformational change following Pi release. Here, the crystal structure of Escherichia coli EF-Tu in complex with a non-hydrolysable GTP analogue (GDPNP) has been determined. Remarkably, the overall conformation of EF-Tu·GDPNP displays the classical, open GDP-bound conformation. This is in accordance with an emerging view that the identity of the bound guanine nucleotide is not ‘locking’ the GTPase in a fixed conformation. Using a single-molecule approach, the conformational dynamics of various ligand-bound forms of EF-Tu were probed in solution by fluorescence resonance energy transfer. The results suggest that EF-Tu, free in solution, may sample a wider set of conformations than the structurally well-defined GTP- and GDP-forms known from previous X-ray crystallographic studies. Only upon binding, as a ternary complex, to the mRNA-programmed ribosome, is the well-known, closed GTP-bound conformation, observed.
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- Jesper S Johansen
- Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physics, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, University of Aarhus, Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Studying ribosome dynamics with simplified models. Methods 2019; 162-163:128-140. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2019.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Spontaneous ribosomal translocation of mRNA and tRNAs into a chimeric hybrid state. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:7813-7818. [PMID: 30936299 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1901310116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The elongation factor G (EF-G)-catalyzed translocation of mRNA and tRNA through the ribosome is essential for vacating the ribosomal A site for the next incoming aminoacyl-tRNA, while precisely maintaining the translational reading frame. Here, the 3.2-Å crystal structure of a ribosome translocation intermediate complex containing mRNA and two tRNAs, formed in the absence of EF-G or GTP, provides insight into the respective roles of EF-G and the ribosome in translocation. Unexpectedly, the head domain of the 30S subunit is rotated by 21°, creating a ribosomal conformation closely resembling the two-tRNA chimeric hybrid state that was previously observed only in the presence of bound EF-G. The two tRNAs have moved spontaneously from their A/A and P/P binding states into ap/P and pe/E states, in which their anticodon loops are bound between the 30S body domain and its rotated head domain, while their acceptor ends have moved fully into the 50S P and E sites, respectively. Remarkably, the A-site tRNA translocates fully into the classical P-site position. Although the mRNA also undergoes movement, codon-anticodon interaction is disrupted in the absence of EF-G, resulting in slippage of the translational reading frame. We conclude that, although movement of both tRNAs and mRNA (along with rotation of the 30S head domain) can occur in the absence of EF-G and GTP, EF-G is essential for enforcing coupled movement of the tRNAs and their mRNA codons to maintain the reading frame.
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Chaperone Function of Hgh1 in the Biogenesis of Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 2. Mol Cell 2019; 74:88-100.e9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In the past 4 years, because of the advent of new cameras, many ribosome structures have been solved by cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) at high, often near-atomic resolution, bringing new mechanistic insights into the processes of translation initiation, peptide elongation, termination, and recycling. Thus, cryo-EM has joined X-ray crystallography as a powerful technique in structural studies of translation. The significance of this new development is that structures of ribosomes in complex with their functional binding partners can now be determined to high resolution in multiple states as they perform their work. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of these new studies and assess the contributions they have made toward an understanding of translation and translational control.
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